Butterbee’s opening Miami Township restaurant

Construction crews are converting the former Applebee’s restaurant at 5980 Meijer Drive in Clermont County into the third Greater Cincinnati location for Butterbee’s American Grille, a sports-themed restaurant and bar for families.
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MIAMI TOWNSHIP – Butterbee’s American Grille will open its third Greater Cincinnati location this fall at the site of the former Applebee’s restaurant on Meijer Drive in Clermont County’s Miami Township.

The David Restaurant Group, which is hiring for its latest location, also has a Butterbee’s in Union Township in Clermont County and one in Mt. Orab in Brown County.

“We felt that Milford and Miami Township was a really really good area for our Butterbee’s guests because it’s far enough not to affect business at our two restaurants but close enough where there’s name recognition of Butterbee’s on the east side,” said Nabih David, VP of the David Restaurant Group that owns and operates the Butterbee’s restaurants.

Butterbee’s, a sports themed restaurant and bar, opened its first location in Mt. Orab in 2006 and added its Union Township restaurant in 2009.

“Our guests consider us a destination,” David said. “They’re used to driving 20 to 30 miles to find a great place to eat.”

The David Restaurant Group is hiring 100 to 125 employees for its new restaurant, David said. People seeking jobs as cooks, servers, hosts, hostesses and bartenders can apply at online at butterbeesgrille.com.

The former Applebee’s restaurant in the 5900 block of Meijer Drive is being remodeled. An addition totaling nearly 1,000 square feet will enable the new restaurant to add 60 to 70 seats for a total of about 270 seats, David said.

Applebee’s, which had a recent history of health violations at its Meijer Drive location, closed that restaurant in January. However, representatives of the Clermont County General Health District said at the time that the restaurant didn’t close because of health issues. A spokesman for a franchiser of Applebee’s restaurants said then that the Miami Township location was closed by a former franchise group that no longer franchises restaurants with Applebee’s.

Besides the Butterbee’s restaurants, The David Restaurant Group is a Skyline franchiser for locations in Mt. Orab, Bethel and Fayetteville, Ohio and it also owns and operates the County Inn Restaurant in Mt. Orab and Georgetown, Ohio, as well as Tender Towne in Union Township.

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